John Lyly
John Lyly
John Lylywas an English writer, poet, dramatist, playwright, and politician, best known for his books Euphues: The Anatomy of Witand Euphues and His England. Lyly's mannered literary style, originating in his first books, is known as euphuism...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth3 April 1908
modern-life guests three
Fish and guests in three days are stale.
sound instruments sweetest
Instruments sound sweetest when they are touched softest.
fishing caught fishes
All fish are not caught with flies
maine chance
Lette me stande to the maine chance.
rose
A Rose is sweeter in the budde than full blowne.
roots tree crooked
For experience teacheth me that straight trees have crooked roots.
fortunate
Maydens, be they never so foolyshe, yet beeing fayre they are commonly fortunate.
honesty loses
He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose.
wine heart men
Whatsoever is in the heart of the sober man, is in the mouth of the drunkard.
sloth laziness done
The slothful are always ready to engage in idle talk of what will be done tomorrow, and every day after.
wagons companion merry
A merry companion is as good as a wagon.
children honesty fool
Children and fools speak true.
ideas disposition altered
It is the disposition of the thought that altered the nature of the thing.
women overcoming reason
Though women have small force to overcome men by reason; yet have they good fortune to undermine them by policy.